Machicolation vs Machiolate - What's the difference?
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An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet; an opening in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, from which missiles can be shot or dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls; the construction of such defenses.
The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.
(rare, of a parapet) machicolated
* 1825 , James Giffard, The Abbot of Thornton , page 46:
* 1838 , James Giffard, Thornton Abbey in the reign of Richard II, a poem , page 57:
* 1876 , The Ancient Monuments of Ireland'' in ''Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932) , page 5:
* 1990 , Basil Rotoff, Monuments to Faith: Ukrainian Churches in Manitoba , page 29:
Machicolation is a related term of machiolate.
As a noun machicolation
is an opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet; an opening in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, from which missiles can be shot or dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls; the construction of such defenses.As an adjective machiolate is
(rare|of a parapet) machicolated.machicolation
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(wikipedia machicolation)Noun
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*machiolate
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(-)- Whose double towers support a pond'rous gate, / With fatal battlement machiolate .
- He views the iron-studded doors, / The vaulted roof, and corridors, / And turrets through whose pierced walls / Machiolate , the weight might fall / Of scalding streams of molten lead / Upon besiegers' fated head.
- The square tower, with its machiolate battlement — all that is left of the castle has been visited by pilgrims from every clime.
- These churches had such defensive features as thick walls, loopholes, machiolate parapets and towers.